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Old Man River and Me

One Man's Journey Down the Mighty Mississippi

by Mark Knudsen, Shawn Plank ...

Mark Knudsen is an adventurer who built an eighteen-foot flat-bottom johnboat and motored down the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and lived the dream of many people. ... Read more

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Mark Knudsen is an adventurer who built an eighteen-foot flat-bottom johnboat and motored down the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and lived the dream of many people.
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Hiram Martin's Journal

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Trapped on the streets of Manchester, Hiram Martin accepts Edmund Scarborough's indenture contract hoping to improve his station in life. After a frightening sea voyage to Virginia in 1637, Martin enters a foreign world driven by personal ambition and tobacco profits. Vowing to survive, he slowly makes his way despite hostile Native Americans and rivalries.Martin witnesses the planters' shift ... Read more

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Trapped on the streets of Manchester, Hiram Martin accepts Edmund Scarborough's indenture contract hoping to improve his station in life. After a frightening sea voyage to Virginia in 1637, Martin enters a foreign world driven by personal ambition and tobacco profits. Vowing to survive, he slowly makes his way despite hostile Native Americans and rivalries.Martin witnesses the planters' shift
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Living Aboard a Boat Named Farfetched

A Couple Tells Their Story of Eight Years Living and Traveling Aboard Their Boat

by Ron Arbizzani ...

This is the story of one couples adventures living and traveling aboard their 47-foot cruiser, "Farfetched". It starts with their getting hooked on boating and traveling by water, many years earlier. It tells how they made their decision to really make this move and of their search for the right boat.In 1997 they sold their home and all of their possessions to became full time live aboard boaters. ... Read more

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This is the story of one couples adventures living and traveling aboard their 47-foot cruiser, "Farfetched". It starts with their getting hooked on boating and traveling by water, many years earlier. It tells how they made their decision to really make this move and of their search for the right boat.In 1997 they sold their home and all of their possessions to became full time live aboard boaters.
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Uncommon Carriers

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What John McPhee's books all have in common is that they are about real people in real places. Here, at his adventurous best, he is out and about with people who work in freight transportation.Over the past eight years, John McPhee has spent considerable time in the company of people who work in freight transportation. Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them and of his journeys with them. He ... Read more

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What John McPhee's books all have in common is that they are about real people in real places. Here, at his adventurous best, he is out and about with people who work in freight transportation.Over the past eight years, John McPhee has spent considerable time in the company of people who work in freight transportation. Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them and of his journeys with them. He
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Another Ten For The Road -- Motorcycle Travel and Adventure Stories

Ten For The Road, #2

by Brian R. Salisbury ...

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Another Ten for the Road gives you a new batch of motorcycle travel and adventure stories along with a few of my observations about the road and riding.This is the second book in my "…for the Road" series of easy reading motorcycle adventure and travel stories and observations from the open road.I've presented each story in the same easy reading style as the assortment you'll find in my other two ... Read more

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Another Ten for the Road gives you a new batch of motorcycle travel and adventure stories along with a few of my observations about the road and riding.This is the second book in my "…for the Road" series of easy reading motorcycle adventure and travel stories and observations from the open road.I've presented each story in the same easy reading style as the assortment you'll find in my other two
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Just Do It

by Earle Perkins ...

Hold on to your seat! This is a collection or stories of interest to all. The author is not confessing to a lot of misdeeds in his life of doing it but he has had an interesting and full life. His life in Northern Maine, Connecticut, The Air Force, Colorado and California, was sometimes humorous and sometimes tragic but always true. His story about the problems and fun of building a house on a ... Read more

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Hold on to your seat! This is a collection or stories of interest to all. The author is not confessing to a lot of misdeeds in his life of doing it but he has had an interesting and full life. His life in Northern Maine, Connecticut, The Air Force, Colorado and California, was sometimes humorous and sometimes tragic but always true. His story about the problems and fun of building a house on a
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Who Was George Washington?

by Roberta Edwards, Who HQ ...

Illustrated by True Kelley ...

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In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. With over 100 black-and-white illustrations, Washington's fascinating story comes to life - revealing the real man, ... Read more

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In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. With over 100 black-and-white illustrations, Washington's fascinating story comes to life - revealing the real man,
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Biking Across America

My Coast-to-Coast Adventure and the People I Met Along the Way

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After Paul Stutzman finished hiking the Appalachian Trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. Trading his hiking boots for a bicycle, Paul set off to discover more of America. Starting at Neah Bay, Washington, and ending at Key West, Florida, Paul traversed the 5,000-mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous United States. Along the way he ... Read more

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After Paul Stutzman finished hiking the Appalachian Trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. Trading his hiking boots for a bicycle, Paul set off to discover more of America. Starting at Neah Bay, Washington, and ending at Key West, Florida, Paul traversed the 5,000-mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous United States. Along the way he
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Idyll Banter

Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town

by Chris Bohjalian ...

In March 1986, while living in Brooklyn, Chris Bohjalian and his wife were cab-napped on a Saturday night and taken on a forty-five-minute joy ride in which the driver ignored all traffic lights and stop signs. Around midnight he deposited the young couple on a near-deserted street, where police officers were about to storm a crack house. Bohjalian and his wife were told to hit the ground for ... Read more

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In March 1986, while living in Brooklyn, Chris Bohjalian and his wife were cab-napped on a Saturday night and taken on a forty-five-minute joy ride in which the driver ignored all traffic lights and stop signs. Around midnight he deposited the young couple on a near-deserted street, where police officers were about to storm a crack house. Bohjalian and his wife were told to hit the ground for
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The Old Man and the Harley

A Last Ride Through Our Fathers' America

by John Newkirk ...

Ride with a father and his son on an amazing journey through America's past.In the summer of 1939, with the nation balanced between the Great Depression and the gathering winds of war, young Jack Newkirk set off on a rickety Harley to see both the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs. He had no way of knowing it was to e the autumn of his youth, and that his entire generation would soon be ... Read more

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Ride with a father and his son on an amazing journey through America's past.In the summer of 1939, with the nation balanced between the Great Depression and the gathering winds of war, young Jack Newkirk set off on a rickety Harley to see both the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs. He had no way of knowing it was to e the autumn of his youth, and that his entire generation would soon be
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The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water

How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea

by Mary South ...

"A fed-up publisher heads, via trawler, from Florida to Maine. It's fun going along for the ride." — PeopleAt forty, Mary South had a beautiful home, good friends, and a successful career in book publishing. But she couldn't help feeling that she was missing something intangible but essential. So she decided to go looking for it . . . at sea. Six months later she had quit her job, sold the house, ... Read more

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"A fed-up publisher heads, via trawler, from Florida to Maine. It's fun going along for the ride." — PeopleAt forty, Mary South had a beautiful home, good friends, and a successful career in book publishing. But she couldn't help feeling that she was missing something intangible but essential. So she decided to go looking for it . . . at sea. Six months later she had quit her job, sold the house,
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(Not So) Old Men and the Sea

A Toe in the Cruising Waters

by Pete Prestegaard ...

" The author and his First Class Mate have provided those who may be new to boating with hundreds of tips to help make their cruising experiences safe and pleasurable "-Jennifer Castle Field, President, Chapman School of Seamanship"Prestegaard's writing has style and elegance, and a way of stoking the imagination. If you're one of the old or idle retirees looking for a change in your routine, read ... Read more

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" The author and his First Class Mate have provided those who may be new to boating with hundreds of tips to help make their cruising experiences safe and pleasurable "-Jennifer Castle Field, President, Chapman School of Seamanship"Prestegaard's writing has style and elegance, and a way of stoking the imagination. If you're one of the old or idle retirees looking for a change in your routine, read
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